Things are improving

Well,  after a visit from the technician last week things are starting to look better with the plaster. He brushed the pool with a steel brush which removed a lot of the slimy dye and as you can see from the pictures, things are beginning to look better.

It's been really a battle to keep on top of balancing the pool chemicals as the plaster is still curing so the PH is always wanting to rise even though alkalinity is within range. Also, calcium hardness has increased to above 400 so it looks like I'll have to partially drain the pool and replace is with softer water, otherwise the scaling will continue above 400. The normal range is 200-400 and with city tap water measured at 70, I should only need to drain about a 1/4 to a 1/2 to get it where it needs to be.

Burkett's also called to tell me that they would be coming out tomorrow to fix the concrete cracks. I have emailed Chris to find out exactly what that entails. I have to give Burkett's credit- they are trying to fix the mistakes.